Display-rack.



F. KAUFMAN. DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1915.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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FERDINAND KAUFMAN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed June 2, 1915. Serial No. 31,734.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND KAUF- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in DisplayRacks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to display devices, and especially to that type of, display device which is used to hold or display articles of food and dry-goods, such as cakes, ribbons, or the like, before glass covered openings of boxes.

The object of theinvention is to produce a device of the character mentioned of simple construction and which is extremely cheap to manufacture and efl ective in use.

A feature of the invention is to provide a display rack of the character set forth'for independently supporting, before a transparently covered opening in a box, a plurality of articles contained within the box at all times in proper display position even after the contents of the box have become exhausted. The devices in use at the present time for displaying articles, such as cakes, before glass covered openings of boxes, are found very unsatisfactory, since the articles on display fall from their proper display position after the box has become partially emptied. This means that during the rest of the sale of the articles contained in the box, the articles on display therein have fallen to a heap at the bottom of the box and out of proper display position.

The main feature of the invention resides in a supporting means for a display rack, as above described, that may be adjusted for proper cooperation with the sides of boxes varying in size and consists in providing supporting means with means for permitting the rack to be adjusted relative to the glass covered opening of the box, and the supporting means to be adjusted for holding the rack in proper spaced relation with respect to the glass covered opening in boxes varying in size.

Other features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts will appear as the description of the invention proceeds and will be finally pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure l isa perspective view'ofthe invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, vertical sectional view of the invention taken through the display rack and illustratingv the detail construction of the latter;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal, sectional view of the invention, showing the same applied to and positioned in a box having a glass covered opening, and illustrating, inrdotted lines, the adaptability of the invention to boxes varying in shapes and sizes.

Like characters denote similar like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

Referring particularly to the drawing, 1 denotes a vertical front member which is to be slightly larger than the usual glass cover opening 2 of a cake box 3. Suitably secured to. the front side of the member 1 are the vertical and horizontally extending strips 1 and 5, respectively, which intersect each other to provide the compartments or cellular sections 6. The strips 4 are provided with a plurality of equally spaced slots 7 in one edge thereof. Thestrips 5 are provided with corresponding slots adapted to interlock the slots of the strips 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The cells or compartments 6 provided by the strips 4: and 5 are adapted to accommodate articles to be contained in the box 3 and to hold the same in display position against the glass 2 of the box.

The display rack, consisting of the memher 1 and the intersecting strips 4 and 5, is held in position before the glass covered opening 2 by the props 8, which are preferably continuations of the free ends of the member 1. The props 8 are adapted to engage with the side and back walls of the box 3 and to lie close thereto so as not to obstruct or reduce the interior or packing area of the box. The upper edges of the props 8 are preferably of envelop shape or, in other words, gradually slanting downwardly from the member 1, so that when the rack is placed in position against the glass, the fingers may release the props to permit the same to fall naturally into position without releasing the hold of the front portion of the rack.

The above described construction of the cake packers. A device constructed in accordance with the invention may be made of any suitable material; however, in practice, new display racks are ordinarily used with each packing of the box, therefore, it is proposed that the device be made of cardboard or some other suitable inexpensive material.

It is proposed by this invention to construct the props 8 in such a. manner as will allow the same to be used in boxes varying in size. This is done by providing a plurality of vertical scores 9 at the forward ends of the props 8 and a series of vertical scores 10 adjacent the rear ends of the props 8, thus permitting the props 8 to be bent upon the scores or adjusted laterally to properly lie adjacent the side walls of a box varying either in width or in length, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The scores 10 also permit an adjustment of the display rack with respect to the glass covered opening 2 of the box 3. This is found desirable when the article displayed is of a greater thickness than the depth of the cell or compartment 6. In this event, the scores 10 may be suitably bent to adjust the distance of the member 1 with respect to the glass 2.

I do not wish to limit the invention to use with cake boxes, since it may be found desirable to use the display rack in various other connections. From the foregoing, a full and clear understanding of my invention may be had and it is to be further un derstood that certain changes as to the precise construction and arrangement of parts may be made that fall within the legitimate scope of the appended claim.

\Vhat is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a display rack for disposition within boxes having transparent front portions, comprising a plurality of article-supporting cellular sections adapted for arrangement flush against the front wall of the box directly behind the transparent portion thereof, and a flexible support for said sections embodying a front member arranged at the back of the sections and to which they are directly secured, and a pair of rearwardly-extending side members constituting continuations of said front member and adapted for arrangement flush against the side walls of the box, said side members having their rear ends bent laterally inward to form flaps adapted for arrangementagainst the rear wall of the box; the flexible support having a plurality of score lines at its corners, to enable the effective lengths of the front member and the side members of said support to be varied to conform to the width and length of the particular box in which the rack is to be used.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FERDINAND KAUFMAN.

Witnesses:

AUGUs'rUs MAY, CHAS. H. Os'rnrznnnonn.

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